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Whatever makes an impression on the heart seems lovely in the eye.

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A man of virtue, judgment, and prudence speaks not until there is silence.
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Judgement Men Silence Talk Virtue Wisdom
The remedy against want is to moderate your desires.
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Desire Limitation Yourself
O wise man, wash your hands of that friend who associates with your enemies.
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Enemy Friendship Hands Men Wisdom
Religion is only in the service of the people; it is not in the rosary and the prayer-carpet.
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People Prayer Religion Service
I have never seen a man lost who was on a straight path.
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Journey Lost Men Myself Path See Straight Struggle
Oh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!
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Forgiveness God Myself Prayer Sin
Joy and sorrow, beauty and deformity, equally pass away.
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Beautiful End Equality Joy Sorrow Time
People are crying up the rich and variegated plumage of the peacock, and he is himself blushing at the sight of his ugly feet.
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Confidence Cry Himself Love People Rich Smile Ugly
None can be so true to your secret as yourself.
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Secret True Yourself
Anger that has no limit causes terror, and unseasonable kindness does away with respect. Be not so severe as to cause disgust, nor so lenient as to make people presume.
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Angry Kindness Limitation People Respect Season
Whoever interrupts the conversation of others to make a display of his fund of knowledge, makes notorious his own stock of ignorance.
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Ignorance Knowledge
To pardon the oppressor is to deal harshly with the oppressed.
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Deal Harsh Oppression Sorry
He who is indifferent to the suffering of others is a traitor to that which is truly human.
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Different Human Suffering True
To tell a falsehood is like the cut of a saber: for though the wound may heal, the scar of it will remain.
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Healing Lying Scars Truth Wound
Every leaf of the tree becomes a page of the book, once the heart is opened and it has learnt to read.
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Book Heart Learning Reading Tree
God gives sleep to the bad, in order that the good may be undisturbed.
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Bad Disturb God Goodness Sleep

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